CHAPTER 7 Wireless Configuration
Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
ACCESS POLICY The Mini 3G Broadband Router provides a MAC address filtering facility. The access policy can be set to allow or reject specific station MAC addresses. This feature can be used to connect known wireless devices that may not be able to support the configured security mode.
Figure 49: Access Policy
The following items are displayed in this section on this page:
◆Access Policy — The access policy can be set to allow or reject specific station MAC addresses.
◆Add a station MAC — Enter the MAC address of the station that you want to filter. MAC addresses must be entered in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)
The radio interface can be configured to operate in a mode that allows it to forward traffic directly to other Mini 3G Broadband Router units. This feature can be used to extend the range of the wireless network to reach remote clients, or to link disconnected network segments to an Internet connection.
To set up links between units, you must configure the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) forwarding table by specifying the wireless MAC address of all units to which you want to forward traffic.
NOTE: All units in a WDS wireless network must be configured with the same SSID and use the same radio channel. Also each WDS link must be configured with the same encryption key on both units in the link.
Up to four WDS links can be specified for each unit in the WDS network. The following figures illustrate an example WDS network. Figure 50 shows the manual set up of MAC addresses for units in the WDS network. Figure 51 shows the basic configuration required on each unit in the WDS network.
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